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Meal families

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Jambon-fromage

France.
Ham sandwich made with half a fresh baguette cut lengthwise with cheese and filled with ham slices and often pickles.

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Desserts

Frangipane tart

Frangipane : almond-based cream mixed with pastry cream with butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Provençal eggplants

Eggplant with garlic, onion, parsley, tomato…

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Others

Crab guédille

Canada. Quebec.
Guédille : sandwich made with a hot dog bun filled with salad and mayonnaise sauce.

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Pork

Jambonneau with lentils

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.

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Poultry

Coq au vin blanc

France. Grand Est. Alsace.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with cream sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cold starters

Cervelle de canut

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Cottage cheese beaten with fresh cream and seasonings (chives, shallot, parsley).
Dish usually served with toasted bread, steamed potatoes, or used to dress a salad.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with lemon butter sauce

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Cheeses

Tomme de brebis Corse

France. Corsica.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk.
Ripening : 3 to 12 months.

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Sauces

Ivory sauce

Ivory sauce : supreme sauce (chicken velouté with cream) and meat glaze.

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Desserts

Puits d’amour

Round, hollowed-out pastry made from puff or choux pastry, filled with jam (apricot, raspberry, or redcurrant jelly) or pastry cream, and topped with caramel or powdered sugar.

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Cheeses

L’Ami du Chambertin

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.

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Desserts

Rhubarb sablé

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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